Work–family conflict and self-rated health among Japanese workers: How household income modifies associations

Tomoko Kobayashi, Kaori Honjo, Ehab Salah Eshak, Hiroyasu Iso, Norie Sawada, Shoichiro Tsugane and for the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study for the Next Generation (JPHC-NEXT) Study Group

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: To examine associations between work–family conflict and self-rated health among Japanese workers and to determine whether the associations differed by household income. Data was derived from the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study for the Next Generation in Saku area in 2011–2012 (7,663 men and 7,070 women). Multivariate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for poor self-rated health by work–family conflict consisting of two dimensions (work-to-family and family-to-work conflicts) were calculated by gender and household income. Multivariate ORs of high work-to-family and family-to-work conflicts for poor self-rated health were 2.46 (95% CI; 2.04–2.97) for men and 3.54 (95% CI; 2.92–4.30) for women, with reference to the low work-to-family and family-to-work conflicts (p-value for gender interaction = 0.02). Subgroup analysis indicated that health effects of work–family conflict were likely to be more evident in the low income group only among women. Work–family conflict was associated with poor self-rated health among middle-aged Japanese men and women; its health impact was relatively stronger among women, and particularly economically disadvantaged women.

Date: 2017
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